In my opinion no. To play file-shared downloaded Wii games is not only illegal (games are protected by copyright), but you must have a modified chip installed in your Nintendo Wii. Sites that claim to offer Wii downloads are, in my experience, merely utilising peer to peer file sharing and what you end up buying is the instructions on how to do so. The advantages may well be that after waiting approximately 24 hours or more for a game to download, then extracting and preparing the game in order to burn it, you get a free game. Doesn’t sound too bad, I hear you say? Sometimes you might find that the game doesnt work, or is in another language, not to mention the damage to the Wii gaming industry. Then sometime down the line you may receive a summons from a game producer such as Topware Interactive, who recently won a landmark Court case in the UK, in which four defendants were fined £750 plus £2000 cost each for uploading a game copyrighted by Topware. The London Metro report (2nd July 08) went on to say that Topware’s solicitors the obtained disclosure orders for 1,000 further names from ISPs with the intent of prosecuting them. Ouch

I don’t know about most people but I can not afford to risk that financial hit for the sake of saving a few quid upfront. And a further 1000 people being charged £2,000 plus for damages (£2 million) means that joe public is going to be hung out to dry and some lawyers will be getting paid as usual.

I think i’ll hire my Wii games and evaluate before buying…One alternative might be Wii downloads, where you download your games from your wii to your pc then make a back up copy.

BUt if you do want to have a look at a selection of download sites:

To visit WiiDownloadsPro, please click here.

WiiMediaDownloads.com can be found here

UnlimitedWiiDownloads.com